RULES AND REGULATIONS

Title 58—RECREATION

FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

[ 58 PA. CODE CH. 69 ]

Fishing in Lake Erie and Boundary Lakes

[39 Pa.B. 7009]
[Saturday, December 12, 2009]

Corrective Amendment to 58 Pa. Code § 69.12(f)

 The Fish and Boat Commission has discovered a discrepancy between the agency text of 58 Pa. Code § 69.12(f) (relating to seasons, sizes and creel limits—Lake Erie and Lake Erie tributaries), as deposited with the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the official text published at 39 Pa.B. 1860, 1865 and 1866 (April 11, 2009) and codified in the June 2009 Pennsylvania Code Reporter (Master Transmittal Sheet No. 415) and as currently appearing in the Pennsylvania Code. The table in § 69.12(f) was printed incorrectly.

 Therefore, under 45 Pa.C.S. § 901: The Fish and Boat Commission has deposited with the Legislative Reference Bureau a corrective amendment to 58 Pa. Code § 69.12(f). The corrective amendment to 58 Pa. Code § 69.12(f) is effective as of April 11, 2009, the date the defective text in § 69.12(f) was printed in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 The correct version of 58 Pa. Code § 69.12(f) appears in Annex A, with ellipses referring to the existing text of § 69.12.

Annex A

TITLE 58. RECREATION

PART II. FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

Subpart B. FISHING

CHAPTER 69. FISHING IN LAKE ERIE AND BOUNDARY LAKES

Subchapter B. SPORT FISHING AND ANGLING

§ 69.12. Seasons, sizes and creel limits—Lake Erie and Lake Erie tributaries.

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 (f) Subject to the provisions of subsections (d) and (e), the following seasons, sizes and creel limits apply to Lake Erie, Lake Erie tributaries and Presque Isle Bay, including peninsula waters:

SPECIES	SEASONS	MINIMUM SIZE	DAILY LIMIT
MUSKELLUNGE and MUSKELLUNGE HYBRIDS	Inland seasons apply. See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters).	40 inches	1
PIKE Northern	Inland seasons apply. See § 61.1 (relating to Commonwealth inland waters).	24 inches	2
WALLEYE	January 1 to midnight March 15 and 12:01 a.m. the first Saturday in May to December 31.	15 inches	6
BASS  Largemouth  Smallmouth	January 1 to first Saturday after April 11 and first Saturday after June 11 until December 31.	15 inches	4 (combined species)
	First Saturday after April 11 until first Saturday after June 11.*	20 inches	1
TROUT and SALMON	First Saturday after April 11 until midnight Labor Day.	9 inches	5 (combined species only 2 of which may be lake trout).
	12:01 a.m. the day after Labor Day until midnight on the Friday before the first Saturday after April 11.	15 inches	3 (combined species only 2 of which may be lake trout).
STURGEON	No open season	ENDANGERED SPECIES
YELLOW PERCH	From December 1 through March 31	7 inches	30
	From April 1 through November 30	None	30
SUNFISH, CRAPPIES, CATFISH, ROCK BASS, SUCKERS, EELS, CARP, WHITE BASS	Open year-round	None	50 (combined species)
BURBOT (when taken by hook and line)	Open year-round	None	5
BURBOT (when taken by scuba divers by use of nonmechanical spears or gigs at a depth of at least 60 feet)	June 1 to September 30	None	5
SMELT (when taken by hook and line)	Open year-round	None	None
BAIT FISH FISH BAIT	Open year-round	None	50 (combined species)
ALL OTHER SPECIES	Inland Regulations apply. (See § 61.1.)

 * It is unlawful to conduct or participate in a fishing tournament (as defined in § 63.40 (relating to seasons for fishing tournaments)) for bass on Lake Erie, Lake Erie tributaries or Presque Isle Bay during the period from the first Saturday after April 11 until the first Saturday after June 11.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-2278. Filed for public inspection December 11, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]

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